Podcasts Culture How To Own The Room 21.2 Fatima Whitbread, Olympic athlete - Happy High Status

21.2 Fatima Whitbread, Olympic athlete - Happy High Status

Published: June 28, 2023, 3 a.m.

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What happens when you swivel the lens away from yourself? In this second of a series of Happy High Status takeover episodes, Viv talks to Olympic athlete and world champion javelin thrower Fatima Whitbread, star of I\\u2019m a Celebrity and Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Win and fundraiser for Action for Children. Fatima examines how the extremes of a difficult childhood and of athletic excellence in adulthood affected her confidence. Fatima was abandoned as baby and grew up in a series of children\\u2019s homes where she experienced neglect and abuse before being adopted by her javelin tutor in her teens. She developed her confidence by identifying key people she could trust and by learning to \\u201cswivel the lens\\u201d away from herself and onto others, not only in order to feel less like a victim but as a way of building self-esteem. What if the key to self-assurance lies not in your relationship with yourself but in how much you can support and shine a light on others?\\xa0
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To support Fatima Whitbread\\u2019s latest fund-raising go to\\xa0https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/fatimawhitbread\\xa0
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